Return of a king : An Indian Army in Afghanistan, /

Dalrymple, William.

Return of a king : An Indian Army in Afghanistan, / William Dalrymple. - First Edition. - xi, 567 pages : some color illustrations, maps 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-497) and index.

No easy place to rule -- An unsettled mind -- The great game begins -- The mouth of hell -- The flag of holy war -- We fail from our ignorance -- All order is at an end -- The wail of bugles -- The death of a king -- A war for no wise purpose.

9781408862872 (hardcover)


Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.


India--History--Afghanistan--19th century.


Afghanistan--History--Indian Army, 1838-1842.
Afghanistan--History, Military--19th century.

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